Chapter 55: Asking is not a simple role
Seeing the group getting closer, Qi cleared his throat and took the initiative to call out, "Yue Ji."
The black spot suddenly stopped and looked towards him.
When his eyes met Qi Qing's, the coldness on his face suddenly melted away like ice and snow, revealing a fragile and well-behaved expression.
"Master!" Yue Ji took two steps forward, grabbed Qi Qing's wrist, looked left and right, and asked anxiously, "Are you injured?"
The burly man spat out blood foam from his mouth and muttered, "How could she be injured? I've already said that Junior Sister is the kindest person..."
Before he could finish his words, Yue Ji glared at him and he immediately shut up like a quail with its neck strangled.
This man was very strong, stronger than he had expected. After the young man in blue was captured by Junior Sister, this man seemed like a completely different person. He attacked indiscriminately like a vicious dog released from a cage, and he actually captured all the pursuers by himself.
——You should know that there is another person in the Spirit Transformation Stage who is on par with you!
A large number of ants can kill an elephant, not to mention that the rough man also has the beast-taming skills of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect. He wanted to take advantage of the melee, but was caught by this man accurately. What else can he say?
I can only bow down to you!
Without the leader to take the lead, the others had also been severely punished. No one dared to interrupt and could only stand quietly by.
Qi Qing held down his hands that were groping around and said helplessly, "I'm fine, but why did you bring so many people here?"
Yue Ji casually said, "They are a bit in the way."
As he spoke, he waved his hand, and the Spiritualization Stage immediately trotted over and smiled apologetically, "What do you want, sir?"
"Send a few people to scout the way ahead." Yue Ji gave the order without any courtesy.
"yes."
A dignified God Transformation Stage cultivator actually took orders like a servant and skillfully ordered a few Golden Core Stage cultivators to go out and investigate.
"Why do they listen to you so much?" Qi Qing was really surprised. He suddenly thought of something and asked in surprise, "Wait, two people in the Spiritual Transformation Stage, how did you..."
The words stopped at his lips. Yes, to Long Aotian, challenging a higher-level opponent was just basic skill, so it seemed like he was making a fuss out of nothing.
Yue Ji's eyes drifted for a moment, and he explained vaguely: "They...didn't cooperate well, so I found their flaws and defeated them one by one."
Qi Qing suddenly realized and said with a smile: "Is this the skill your uncle taught you? It is quite practical."
Yue Ji just curled his lips, but when he saw the little girl beside Qi Qing, his expression turned cold again: "You kidnapped my master, have you thought about the consequences?"
The little girl shivered at his cold eyes and said with her neck stiff, "Why are you so fierce? I didn't eat your master!"
She went to her senior brother for support, but the defeated senior brother rubbed his hands and persuaded her instead: "Junior sister, he helped us get rid of the pursuers, and he is so powerful, why don't we..."
The two brothers and sisters chattered and bit their ears for a while, and Xiaoxue, who had gone somewhere before, flapped her wings and fell from the sky.
It turned back into a round, fat bird, circled over everyone's heads, and quickly selected its target.
Not surprisingly, Qi Qing became its final destination.
He raised his hand and said, "Go away, why are you pretending to be good now?"
Yue Ji rolled his eyes and pretended not to understand the double entendre.
At this time, the monk who was exploring the way hurried back and bowed to report: "Sir, we can't get through the dense forest ahead. There is a very strange stream. There are inch-long water plants growing under the water, which can lead away spiritual energy. At the end of the stream is a narrow cave going down. The entrance is only one person wide, and spiritual consciousness cannot detect it. We didn't dare to go down rashly, fearing that it would lead to the depths of the mountain. You see..."
Here we come!
Qi Qing was cheered up, finally there was a plot he knew.
In the original novel, this stream is full of hidden dangers. The seemingly ordinary water plants under the water actually carry love poisons. Once they touch a wound, they will invade the meridians, making it hard to defend against. And the deep narrow cave is the entrance to the underground river. In the original novel, "Yue Ji" and his junior sister fell into the narrow cave and were washed downstream to the entrance of the Tianshi Beast Nest.
The underground river network is intricate and it is difficult to find the way out once you get lost. The mechanism at the entrance of the Tianshi Beast Lair blocks the retreat route, so once you fall in, you can only go forward and cannot retreat.
But Qi Qing knew how to deal with the Sky Lion Beast, so he immediately said to Yue Ji: "Let's go and take a look?"
Yue Ji nodded and walked in front of him. The huge crowd behind him only looked at Yue Ji and immediately followed the two of them.
Qi Qing was made uncomfortable by this scene, and could not help but quicken his pace, walking side by side with Yue Ji, and lowered his voice and asked: "I haven't asked you yet, why didn't you use the communication talisman before?"
"I can't bear it." Yue Ji's voice was light.
He didn't hear clearly, so he asked, "What?"
Yue Ji suddenly stopped, and looked straight into his eyes with his dark eyes: "Master only gave me one, I can't bear to give it up."
Qi Qing laughed: "Aren't communication talismans meant to be used? Do you want a few more? They are not rare items."
"No new ones?"
"We'll talk about it when it breaks."
Hearing this, Yue Ji took out the ice four-pointed star and placed it against his lips.
Qi Qing raised his eyebrows: "What? You want to eat?"
"Is it not possible?"
Yue Ji tilted his head, slowly put the tip of his tongue on the ice edge, and took the deliberately rounded edges into his mouth.
The wet red tip of the tongue was wrapped around the transparent ice, making a slight sound of water.
Qi Qing's Adam's apple moved, and his eyes unconsciously followed the movement of his lips and teeth. The implication of this was so strong that it made his face hot and he didn't know what to say.
Yue Ji suddenly bit down, and with a "crack", the crisp sound of ice breaking was heard.
He chewed slowly and quickly swallowed the crushed ice and the melted ice water.
“Now…” Yue Ji shook the four-pointed star that had lost a corner and whispered, “It’s broken.”
There were water stains on the corners of his lips, and his cold voice brushed past his ears.
The ice quadrangle was condensed by Qi Qing's spiritual power and was inextricably linked to his spiritual consciousness. He could even clearly sense that his spiritual power was being licked, eaten, and then fused by the other party bit by bit.
Seeing that the young man avoided his gaze, Yue Ji bit off another piece of ice and chewed it deliberately next to his ear, making a crunching sound. The sound of ice chips mixed with saliva was so ambiguous that it made people blush.
Qi Qing turned his hot face away, not wanting to pay attention to such petty tricks.
"Master." Yue Ji looked at his expression, smiling vaguely, and handed the incomplete four-pointed star to him, emphasizing, "It's broken."
"What's the difference between your way of asking for things and that little girl's?" Qi Qing didn't dare to look at him.
Yue Ji laughed softly: "Then will Master give it to me?"
Seeing that he was about to bite it again, Qi Qing condensed a new four-pointed star and threw it at him in a bad mood: "If you break it on purpose next time, you won't be able to have it again."
Yue Ji caught it, raised the corner of his lips slightly, and gave the little girl a victorious look.
The little girl immediately pulled the brother's hair and said, "Brother! I want that star, too!"
The burly man said in embarrassment: "This... I don't have an ice spirit root either. When we get back, can we ask Master to find a solution?"
As they were talking, everyone had arrived at the cave entrance.
The stream was dark and eerily black, with hair-thin water plants floating at the bottom of the water, as if a row of human heads were buried underneath, making people feel uncomfortable.
The entrance of the cave extended diagonally downwards, and was no bigger than a silver basin. It was pitch black inside, without any reflection at all. From time to time, a cold and gloomy wind blew out, smelling of decay and dampness. It was obvious at first glance that this was not a good place.
Yue Ji squatted down, as if he wanted to scoop up some water, but Qi Qing grabbed his arm and said, "Don't touch it. There's something wrong with this water."
A trace of doubt appeared on Yue Ji's face, but he still withdrew his hand as he was told, stood up, and wiped his fingertips.
"Want to go down?" he asked.
Qi Qing concentrated his mind and sensed the situation, but his spiritual consciousness was dispersed by the current as soon as it entered the cave entrance. The cave entrance was very deep and the current was fast. He could only vaguely judge that it flowed into the mountain, and the rest was unknown.
Seeing him hesitate, Yue Ji turned around and ordered in a cold voice: "Keep an eye on them, I'll go down and take a look."
The Spiritualization Stage showed a hint of surprise, but then realized something was wrong, and quickly stopped smiling and said, "Don't worry, sir! Just go down, I promise nothing will go wrong here!"
Yue Ji narrowed his eyes at him and said, "It's better to be like this, otherwise..."
He didn't finish the second half of his sentence, but Qi Qing noticed a trace of fear flashed across the face of the God Transformation Stage cultivator.
Yue Ji walked to the entrance of the cave. Although he knew how the plot would develop next, Qi Qing still couldn't help feeling uneasy.
The plot was a bit off, and he couldn't possibly throw the little girl in there at the last minute, but he was worried about Yue Ji taking the risk alone.
"How about... Master accompany you down?" he asked tentatively.
Yue Ji turned around to look at him and said, "Master, wait for me here. I will be back soon."
After saying that, he tied the rope neatly, handed one end to Qi Qing, and jumped down from the cave.
The rope in Qi Qing's hand continued to tremble slightly. It was Yue Ji who was constantly moving downwards. The rope was getting longer and longer. It seemed that it was almost ten feet long, but there was still no end in sight.
"What's down there?"
The little girl lay on the edge of the cave and looked down. "It's so dark, even Xiao Hei is not this dark."
She suddenly stood up and tugged at the burly man: "Brother, how about letting Xiao Hei go down and take a look?"
The burly man rubbed his wrist and said helplessly, "It's very deep down here, my little ancestor, please stop giving orders. If something goes wrong, I won't be able to explain to my master."
"But Xiao Hei is very long. It's longer than this rope. I'm pulling it like this..."
Just as the two were arguing, Huashenqi made a gesture behind him without making a sound.
Several Nascent Soul cultivators understood and moved cautiously in the shadows of the dense forest. While Qi Qing was not paying attention, they slowly approached the Spirit Transformation Stage.
One of them gave the Master of All Beasts a subtle look and mouthed, "Do it?"
The Spirit Transformation Stage cultivator shook his head imperceptibly, his cold eyes fixed on the blue-clothed young man who was concentrating on the cave entrance.
He restrained his breath and whispered: "Let's deal with this first."
The Nascent Soul cultivator hesitated: "This person's cultivation is mediocre, on par with us, but the man from the Beast Sect..."
"Idiot." A cold light flashed in the eyes of the God-Transforming Stage: "Didn't you hear what that villain called him? Master!"
Yuanying shut up.
"The one who can make that kind of villain become his disciple..." The Spiritualization Stage slowly raised his hand and made a gesture of wiping his neck: "What kind of simple role do you think it will be?"
At the same time, Qi Qing habitually pulled the rope to confirm, and suddenly his heart skipped a beat.
The other end of the rope was empty.
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